I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future. Taylor Swift More Quotes by Taylor Swift More Quotes From Taylor Swift I've never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn't feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you've got to work as hard as them. Taylor Swift play boys country The blame is on me...I knew you were trouble when you walked in. Taylor Swift warning-signs blame trouble I wrote a song called 'Red' and thinking about what that song means to me and all the different emotions on this album they're all pretty much about the tumultuous, crazy, insane, intense, semi-toxic relationships I've experienced in the last two years. All those emotions fanning from intense love, intense frustration, intense jealousy, confusion, all of that in my mind, all those emotions are red. There's nothing in between, there's nothing beige about those feelings and so I called my record that. Taylor Swift crazy song mean I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another Taylor Swift growing growing-up victim I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons. Taylor Swift love relationship life I've learned when to get out. I've never wasted too much time with the wrong person, and that's one thing I'm proud of. The longer you're with the wrong person, you could be completely overlooking or not having the chance to meet the right person. And if it doesn't feel right, it isn't right. How do you know if something feels right? I think the great defining factor for me is whether I want more. When they drive away, do I wish they would turn around at the end of the street and come back? Or am I fine that they're going home? Taylor Swift wish home thinking I still like to live in a whimsical world that seems more romantic and fantasy-related because real life seems so hard Taylor Swift fantasy real world I would read the Shel Silverstein poems, Dr. Seuss, and I noticed early on that poetry was something that just stuck in my head and I was replaying those rhymes and try to think of my own. In English, the only thing I wanted to do was poetry and all the other kids were like, "Oh, man. We have to write poems again?" and I would have a three-page long poem. I won a national poetry contest when I was in fourth grade for a poem called "Monster In My Closet. Taylor Swift writing men kids My parents raised me to never feel like I was entitled to success.That you have to work for it. You have to work so hard for it. And sometimes then you don't even get where you need to go. Taylor Swift parent sometimes needs The difference between a good song and a great song is a good song is one that you know, you'll put on in your car or you'll dance to it. But I think a great song you'll cry to it, or you get chills. I think a great song says how you feel better than you could. Taylor Swift feel-better song thinking Love is one of those things that should be so simple. You don't need to think about it and over analyze it when it's good. Taylor Swift simple love-is thinking I want to make people feel things when they hear my music I want to give a song to someone who is going through a break up, I want to give a song to someone who loves someone and can't tell them. A song for someone who has just fallen in love and a song for just people who are living their lives. Taylor Swift song giving people My brother gave me some good advice. He said, "What do you want to do? Do that because there are no rules when it comes to love. There are absolutely no rules. Do what you want to do." I think that was the most liberating piece of advice, because love really is unpredictable. There's trap doors, all kinds of scary stuff, caves and bears... You never know what's going to happen so you just have to do what you feel is right in the end. Taylor Swift brother doors thinking I can't promise you that you'll ever live in a world where people don't hurt your feelings. But I can promise you that if you keep on moving and taking one day at a time, the opinions and words of people who hurt you will matter less and less to you. Taylor Swift hurt people moving Live your life like you are 80 years old looking back on your teenage years Taylor Swift live-your-life teenage years There is a time for silence. There is a time for waiting you turn. But if you know how you feel and you so clearly know what you need to say you'll know it. I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. Taylor Swift silence waiting thinking It feels kinda weird being back in a high school cause I haven't been in a high school for about a year. So um, it's kinda interesting coming back, and y'know seeing the lockers, with all the signs, the handmade signs, so being in high school again is a little bit strange but in a good way. Taylor Swift years interesting school Unique and different is the new generation of beautiful… You dont have to be like everybody else. In fact I don’t think you should. Taylor Swift unique beautiful thinking I know my flaws before other people point them out to me. Taylor Swift love relationship life Be that strong girl that everyone knew would make it through the worst, be that fearless girl, the one who would dare to do anything, be that independent girl who didn’t need a man; be that girl who never backed down. Taylor Swift strong-women stay-strong girl